Fire damages downtown Corning apartment

CORNING — Corning Fire Department responded to a fire approximately 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at 601 Davis Ave. A second-floor apartment in the building, resided by Kent Hollander, was completely damaged.

“It was electrical,” Corning Fire Chief Donnie Willett said. “(The fire) started in a plug-in in the window air conditioner in the living room of the apartment.”

Willett did not have a dollar amount on damage to the building.

“Two apartments sustained smoke damage. The one is a total gut job, furniture and everything is damaged,” Willett said. “I had water damage and smoke damage in H and R Block downstairs. Another office had water and smoke damage, and there were a couple adjacent buildings that had water and smoke damage.”